Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has suggested the club could look to the free-agent market to address their growing injury crisis in attack. With Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz sidelined by hamstring injuries, and both Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus also out, the Gunners find themselves dangerously short on firepower.

Mikel Arteta has revealed William Saliba volunteered to solve Arsenal’s mounting injury crisis by filling in as a makeshift striker. The Gunners face Leicester City on Saturday hoping to cut Liverpool’s lead at the top of the Premier League to four points.

Mikel Arteta has been hit hard by injuries throughout the season and his luck has shown no sign of changing with the news that Kai Havertz will miss the rest of the campaign